Social Security Handbook

For title II, you may establish a period of disability if you
meet the conditions below:

You file an application either while you are disabled
or no later than 12 months after the month in which your period of
disability ends; (See §511.)

Note: A valid application on behalf of
a deceased worker may be filed within three months following the
month of the worker's death. It is filed by a person who would be
qualified for unpaid monthly benefits (see §1902).

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